# Color-Extracting Design Apps The 'Adobe Kuler' App Creates Color Palettes from Your Surroundings By Alexander Lam | Published 2013-06-11 | Tech Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/adobe-kuler-app References: [lostateminor](http://www.lostateminor.com/2013/06/10/kuler-extracts-colors-from-your-surroundings-in-real-time/) & [itunes.apple](https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/adobe-kuler/id632313714) A mobile initiative by [Adobe](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/adobe-express) called the 'Adobe Kuler' app lets anybody capture [color palettes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/anypalette) from their surroundings. The app works by taking a snapshot of your environment and then extracting key colors. The colors are picked based on a chosen 'mood.' Each mood is composed of a theme such as 'muted' or 'colorful.' With this technology, designers can easily leverage the colors of their favorite pictures to develop beautifully colored creations. Though Adobe has already established a [color palette-based service](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/ai-color-palette) called Kuler, the Adobe Kuler app is the platform's first venture into the realm of mobile apps. Instead of manually choosing colors, Adobe wanted to automate the process. As a result, the app makes good use of smartphone camera capabilities to make the design inspiration process as painless as possible. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 1.5/10 - Popularity: 14% | Activity: 23% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: North America, Europe ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Tech](https://www.trendhunter.com/tech) > [Mobile](https://www.trendhunter.com/mobile) ## Key Themes ### What's Driving This Trend - **Mobile Color-capture Tools:** Opportunity to disrupt traditional design tools and workflows by automating color capture and extraction processes on mobile devices. - **Automated Design Inspiration:** Opportunity to create apps that automatically extract design inspiration from the user's surroundings and match it with corresponding color palettes. - **Smartphone Camera Integration for Design:** Opportunity to integrate smartphone camera capabilities with design and art-related apps to enhance the creative process for designers and creatives. ### Who This Affects Most - **Graphic Design:** Designers can use the Adobe Kuler app and similar color-extracting apps as a new tool for color inspiration in graphic design. - **Interior Design:** Interior designers can leverage mobile color-capture tools to develop creative and cohesive color schemes for their clients based on real-world surroundings. - **Fashion Design:** Fashion designers can use automated color-extraction and inspiration tools to create bold and innovative designs based on the colors of their environment or mood. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Color Palette Creator](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/swatchme.md) - [Real-World Color Pickers](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/litur.md) - [AI Color Generators](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/aicolorsapp.md) - [Website Color Extractors](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/colorizedesign.md) - [Color Extraction Utilities](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/palettes-hues.md) - [Color Analysis Tools](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/colors-extractor.md) - [Augmented Paint Platforms](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/dulux-visualizer.md) - [Automated Colorwork Palattes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/paletteai.md) - [Digital Design Utilities](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/color-usage-analyzer.md)